Cape San Juan Light Explained

Cape San Juan Light
Location:Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.3811°N -65.6183°W
Yearlit:1882
Automated:1975
Foundation:stone base[1]
Construction:stone
Shape:cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Marking:white tower with black band at the base, black lantern
Lens:Third order Fresnel
Module:
Embed:yes
Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan
Designated Other1 Name:Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. fa7070
Architecture:Neoclassic
Added:October 22, 1981
Mpsub:Lighthouse System of Puerto Rico TR
Refnum:81000692

Cape San Juan Light (Faro de Las Cabezas de San Juan) is a historic lighthouse located on the northeastern part of the highest point of Cape San Juan in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The lighthouse was constructed in 1880 and was officially lit on May 2, 1882. The original illuminating apparatus, not changed until after 1898, had an 18miles range and displayed a fixed white light which every three minutes flashed red.The lighthouse owned by the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust is part of the Las Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve.[2] The 316acres reserve includes a bioluminescence bay, rare flora and fauna, various trails and boardwalks, and a scientific research center. Despite its small size, the reserve shelters seven different ecological systems, including beaches, lagoons, dry forest, coral reefs and mangroves.

In 1898, the lighthouse played a major role in the Battle of Fajardo during the Puerto Rican Campaign of the Spanish–American War. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States government on October 22, 1981, and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.[3]

In 2001, under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act, it became the first lighthouse to be transferred to a non-governmental organization in Puerto Rico.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cape San Juan Light . Inventory of Historic Light Stations . . September 18, 2006 . March 22, 2009.
  2. Web site: Las Cabezas de San Juan Lighthouse - Municipalities | EnciclopediaPR. 2020-04-11. 2020-05-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20200508030818/https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/las-cabezas-de-san-juan-lighthouse/. dead.
  3. Web site: GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO . JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO . December 7, 2022 . REGISTRO DE PROPIEDADES DESIGNADAS POR LA JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO . jp.pr.gov.
  4. Web site: Deputy Secretary Scarlett Leads Ceremony Transferring Las Cabezas de San Juan Lighthouse to The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico . U.S. Department of the Interior . 2009-05-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090507224510/http://www.doi.gov/news/07_News_Releases/070430b.html . May 7, 2009 .